08 Jul 2012 11:02 AM |
Anonymous

A policeman inspects seized antique artifacts, displayed for media at a police station in Karachi July 7, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

KARACHI: After authorities in Karachi seized dozens of ancient artefacts dating from the Gandhara civilisation on Friday, they managed to recover more artefacts thanks to leads obtained from those arrested in a raid the day before, officials said.

The antiquities had been illegally dug from the country’s restive northwest where Pakistan’s army is battling against militants.

The latest raid on a warehouse in the eastern Ibrahim Hyderi neighbourhood unearthed two large boxes stuffed with ancient Gandhara art.